ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly Saturday made history by passing a unanimous resolution of vote of confidence in Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani.
Parliamentary leaders in the Lower House of the Parliament on Saturday announced their support to Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani for the vote of confidence in the Prime Minister under clause (3) of Article […]
ISLAMABAD: US Assistant Secretary of States for South Asia, Richard Boucher said United States would continue its support for democracy in Pakistan and looks forward to cooperate with the new government.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan’s deposed chief justice is visiting the widower of slain opposition leader Benazir Bhutto in his first excursion since being freed from house arrest.
Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry was put under house arrest more than four months ago when President Pervez Musharraf purged the courts to avert legal challenges to his disputed re-election.
Deposed Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry will travel to home town Quetta on March 31 and address Baluchistan High Court Bar Association the same day, announced Chaudhry Aitzaz Ahsan, president of the Supreme Court Bar Association, here on Wednesday.
Pakistan backs the U.S.-led campaign against terrorism but a comprehensive approach that includes political solutions is needed to tackle the problem, Pakistan’s new prime minister told U.S. President George W. Bush. Bush called Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani on Tuesday, hours after President Pervez Musharraf swore him in and as U.S. envoys sounded out Pakistan’s new civilian leaders on militancy.
ISLAMABAD: Yousuf Raza Gilani has taken oath as new prime minister at President House here on Tuesday. President Pervez Musharraf administrated the oath of prime minister. Yousuf Raza Gilani, a senior member of Pakistan Peoples Party, was elected as premier on Monday by the lower house of parliament.
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ISLAMABAD: It came as no surprise that Yousuf Raza Gilani was selected Monday by the Parliament to become Pakistan’s 22nd prime minister. He was put forward for prime minister Saturday by the Pakistan Peoples Party, which is the largest in the new parliament.
The runner-up in last month’s national balloting, the party headed by former prime […]
ISLAMABAD: Mukhdoom Yousuf Raza Gillani, the PM candidate of slain opposition leader Benazir Bhutto’s PPP, visited Makhdoom Amin Fahim’s farmhouse. The reason of the visit was not disclosed. It worth to mention that both Makhdooms were the front-runner to achieve the candidature of PPP for the PM office.
While talking to journalists at Islamabad Airport today, Amin […]
Online: The website promoting a right-wing Dutch politician’s film about the Quran has been suspended by its host amid controversy over the unreleased 15-minute movie.
The exact contents of the film are unknown but Geert Wilders has previously called the Quran “fascist” and compared it to Nazi leader Adolf Hitler’s Mein Kampf.
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